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�鶹��Ƶ alum Gregory Fowler, president of University of Maryland Global Campus, was the 2022 Winter Commencement speaker. These are his remarks as prepared for delivery on December 15, 2022.

More than 5,000 students will graduate with degrees or certificates in �鶹��Ƶ’s Winter Commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. today at EagleBank Arena.

Gurdip Singh is the divisional dean of �鶹��Ƶ’s new School of Computing and a professor in the College of Engineering and Computing. He officially joined �鶹��Ƶ on August 1, he is currently on assignment to the National Science Foundation. He will join �鶹��Ƶ full-time in January 2023.

UMGC President Gregory W. Fowler, who will speak at �鶹��Ƶ’s Winter Commencement on Thursday, December 15, discusses how �鶹��Ƶ influenced his career path, the future of online learning, UMGC’s shared commitment to diversity and accessibility, and the gift of listening.

The grants will help �鶹��Ƶ expand mental services available to students

�鶹��Ƶ’s commitment to anti-racism and inclusive excellence is being honored with the 2022 NAACP Arlington Branch President's Award.

A �鶹��Ƶ team led by Alessandra Luchini and Lance Liotta has been named one of 10 Phase 1 winners of the LymeX Diagnostics Prize by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation.

�鶹��Ƶ and MedStar come together to establish the Future Nurse Program, preparing nurses for clinical practice, and addressing critical nursing workforce shortages in the region.

�鶹��Ƶ's five-year plan, titled “�鶹��Ƶ Is All Together Different,” received BOV approval at the governing body’s Dec. 1 meeting. The plan identifies five broad priorities, with specific strategies and actions for each.

It has been busy year at the �鶹��Ƶ Innovation Exchange (MIX). Since the �鶹��Ƶ makerspace opened in its new space in Horizon Hall in September 2021, it has seen a lot of traffic—more than 9,000 visitors in spring 2022—and has some successes to report.

�鶹��Ƶ’s Business for a Better World Center (B4BW) recently convened an in-person Stakeholder Roundtable on the subject of Corporate Governance. The half-day event took place at Point of View International Retreat & Research Center at �鶹��Ƶ Neck in Lorton, VA on October 21.

Twenty years ago, in December 2002, Vernon L. Smith was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, recognizing his pioneering work in the field of experimental economics.